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Vital legal protections for the environment and human health are being destroyed in post-Brexit departures from European legislation, a detailed analysis by the Guardian reveals.
The UK is falling behind the EU on almost every area of environmental regulation, as the bloc strengthens its legislation while the UK weakens it. In some cases, ministers are removing EU-derived environmental protections from the statute book entirely.
Businesses and environmental groups have told the Guardian they have been left in the dark as to the extent of the regressions because there is no government body tracking the divergence between the EU and the UK.
Isn’t this what they wanted all along, one of the Brexit Benefits. “No longer having to follow those pesky EU laws and dispose of my companies waste however I like!”, said a top Tory donor.
Of course. The right wing hates nature.
Not joking, they’re going to destroy this earth and then be confounded by it.